Fashion Scout Kiev AW15 Round-Up

Fashion Scout Kiev AW15 has come to a close for another season, bringing in the best and brightest design output from Eastern Europe.

In attendance was Martyn Roberts, founder of Fashion Scout, who oversaw the creative content across Kiev. 

Check out these beautiful images from across the event. Huge thanks to our designers, models, and all the backstage teams who made it all possible!

NEWS| Fashion Scout's Ukrainian Designers Featured on iD

Fashion Scout's AW14 Ukrainian designers have been featured on iD online. In an article named 'A Fashion Revolution: How Ukraine's Designers Took On Paris', the piece describes not just the unique work from our Ukrainian designers but the industry's unfaltering support for the situation on their side of the world. 

The article describes the work of PASKAL and Anna October, both runners-up of the LVHM prize, as follows:

'Inspired by the architectural Suprematist movement of the 20s, Julie’s autumn/winter 14 collection for her label PASKAL turns skyscrapers into perforated, milk-white garments, creating a kind of futuristic Modernism that doesn’t look like anything else, while Anna October has carved out her own slightly gloomy and very intricate niche of what Mower calls “non-flashy, elegant party dresses”.'

It goes on to continue praising the designer's aesthetics, as well as their thoughts whilst showcasing in the Fashion Scout Paris showrooms. “We are very passionate about what we do, and there’s something in our mentality that makes us strong and forward-looking,” Julie says in the article. “When your country is on the brink of war, it is the worst and the best pressure simultaneously."

Read the article from iD in full here.

By Josh Walker, Editor, (@josh_walker_)
Images by Hannah McGee.

DAY ONE| Fashion Scout Kiev SS14

Fashion Scout have landed in Kiev! It's Day One of the SS14 showcase for Fashion Scout at Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days. Showcasing today as part of Mercedes-Benz and Fashion Scout Kiev is Katerina Kvit, Nikolay Legenda and A-Z at 5pm and Comme Des Fuck Down at 8pm (GMT+2). In addition, Fashion Scuot Director Martyn Roberts will be running at mentoring session at 5pm. 

Make sure you stay up to date will all events via Twitter, @FashionScout #FashionScoutKiev and Instagram.

ANNOUNCEMENT| Countdown until Fashion Scout Kiev SS14

Less than five days away, the countdown has officially begun for Fashion Scout Kiev! This is the second time that Fashion Scout has partnered with Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days in Ukraine and we are thrilled to present the schedule for SS14. 

A selection of designers from Eastern Europe are showcasing as part of Fashion Scout Kiev, which takes place during Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days, Friday 18th-Sunday 20th October at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Place, Moskovsky Avenue 22. In addition to the catwalk shows and presentations, Fashion Scout Co-Founder and Director Martyn Roberts will be taking part in a range of mentoring sessions and lectures, passing on his experience and guidance to emerging international designers and press. 

Following our international rebrand earlier this year, our partnership with Kiev Fashion Days illustrates our global influence. Kiev is the third city where our designer initiative is present, following from London and Paris.

You can view the entire Mercedes-Benz Fashion Days schedule, including the Fashion Scout shows here. Attending any of the Fashion Scout Kiev shows? Make sure you tweet us @FashionScout with the hashtag #FashionScoutKiev. 

By Cass Gowing, Editor. Follow her on Twitter @CassGowing

NEWS| Fashion Scout Kiev launches Design It contest in partnership with Vogue Italia

Designers who have submitted an entry into Fashion Scout Kiev can now also apply for the Design It Contest in partnership with Vogue Italia.

The international judging the entrants include Hilary Alexander, the Editor of Italian Vogue Sara Maino, the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Ukraine Masha Tsukanova, Martyn Roberts, the founder of Fashion Scout platform, Daria Shapovalova, creative director of Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days and Margarita Zubatova, the Fashion Editor at LookAtMe. 

Applicants can win one of three prizes: 

• A grant to participate in the Fashion Scout Kiev with the support of Vogue It
• A grant to participate in the Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days with the support of Vogue Ua
• A feature published on Vogue.it

In addition, works of the winner who gets the biggest number of likes, will also be published online on VOGUE.IT.

Can you apply? Yes if you are an applicant of Fashion Scout Kiev! All you need to do is upload example of your work (sketches and lookbooks) here: http://fashionweek.kiev.ua/design-it/ and encourage your friends and fans to vote for you to win!

Visit the Fashion Scout Kiev website for more information. 

ANNOUNCEMENT| Applications Open for Fashion Scout Kiev until 01.09.13

Application entry date for Fashion Scout Kiev has been extended until 1st September 2013. The next season of Fashion Scout Kiev  will take place in Kiev on 17-20 October 2013 and you can apply for catwalk shows, presentations and showroom exhibition.

Designers are selected by a panel of industry experts featuring leading buyers, media and business advisers. 

Fashion Scout is recognised as the strongest independent platform for emerging talent in the international market and from March 2013 Fashion Scout became an essential part of Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion days. Kiev is the third strand in Fashion Scout global positioning, running alongside in London and Paris.

To apply please email fashionscoutkiev@gmail.com 

ANNOUNCEMENT| Applications Open for Fashion Scout Kiev

We are thrilled to announce that designers can now apply for Fashion Scout Kiev. Applications are open for catwalk shows, presentations and showroom.

Fashion Scout is recognised as the strongest independent platform for emerging talent in the international market and from March 2013 Fashion Scout became an essential part of Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion days. Kiev is the third strand in Fashion Scout global positioning, running alongside in London and Paris.

Following an extremely strong first season in March, the next season of Fashion Scout Kiev  is 17-20 October 2013. Designers are selected by a panel of industry experts. The panel features leading buyers, media and business advisers. Their decision is based in the creative vision of the brand and collections, and the quality of work and business potential/success.

To apply please email fashionscoutkiev@gmail.com 

NEWS| Ksenia Schnaider's AW13 Bodywarmer collection

Ukrainian designer Ksenia Schnaider has combined her latest look book, inspirations and presentations, including the Fashion Scout exhibition, and placed them within an online publication. The designer, whose AW13 collection entitled Bodywarmer is inspired by the classic body warmer of the Soviet Union, founded her label in 2011 and showcased her work as a part of our Kiev Fashion Days in February. "For Ksenia Schnaider collections we're inspired by the clothes themselves," she said in an interview on her latest collection. "We only work with codes, utility and the history of clothes."

Schaider's digital showcase of work can be viewed here. 

By Josh Walker (@josh_walker_)

FASHION SCOUT KIEV| Lera Leshchova

Womenswear designer Lera Leshchova showcased her AW13 collection as a part of Fashion Scout Kiev on 24th March. One of the youngest and most popular Ukrainian designers, you can certainly see she's one who knows what she's doing. In a presentation that seemed to evoke an essence of the underwater, feminine dresses of various lengths walked the catwalk in a collection of clean, functional pieces. With a focus to detail, innovative draping, the textured embellishments and introduction of graphic cuts only served in giving a notable edge to the designer's work.

Born with a dream to become a couturier, Leshchova hit the ground running, mastering the fundamentals of dress-making from a notably young age. Having already won a number of competitions and awards in her native country, the designer's talent shone through here with a tailored collection of timeless wearability.

By Josh Walker (@josh_walker_)

Images by Natalia Ilina

FASHION SCOUT KIEV| Anna Kolomoets

Kiev Fashion Days designer Anna Kolomoets, who showcased her designs at Fashion Scout London FEB'13 began her designing career at the age of 15 and presented her A/W13 collection as part of Fashion Scout Kiev last week. 

The collection takes a look at definitive shapes spinning them with a mix of metallic inserts and relaxed pieces that are quietly complex. Statement pieces stand out with beautiful and intricately designed cut outs that show the designer’s stunning attention to detail. Anna Kolomoets’ youthful energy is reflected in the collection’s innovative reinvention of separates and classic shapes.

By Cass Gowing, Editor
Images by Natalia Ilina

FASHION SCOUT KIEV| TVORTZ

As part of Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days, TVORTZ showcased their latest work in the Fashion Scout Kiev Exhibition. Born in 2010, the young brand approaches fashion with experimentation and accentuation in mind. Having graduated with a degree in Interior Design, Dasha Gluhova is the creative force behind the brand in which her mastery of space and structure are clearly apparent. Using a cold, monochromatic colour palette, the TVORTZ aesthetic is one of texture and attention to detail that fuses femininity with ergonomics in the production of garments that evoke intelligence and hint romanticism.

By Joshua Walker @Josh_Walker_

ANNOUNCEMENT| Fashion Scout Kiev Begins

Following our announcement this week of Fashion Scout's expansion to Kiev with Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days, we are ecstatic to greet day one! Fashion Scout are showcasing a selection of designers from Eastern Europe at the event which runs from today (March 21) until Sunday 24th March  at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Place, Moskovsky Avenue 22. 

Showcasing as part of the Fashion Scout Catwalk:

Lera Leschovajann Kolomoets

Yana Chaplygina and Yulia Efmtchuk

Showcasing with Fashion Scout Kiev's Exhibition:

Bevza/Litovskaya

Valery Kovalska

RCR Khomenko

Yasya Minochkina

Domanoff

Ksenia Schnaider

Zinaida Lihacheva

Dash

Vova Vorotniov

Idle Idol

Roman Lazar

Borovik

Tvortz

Daniil Kovachev

Dzhus

Maria Proskurovskaya

Cyan

Pure Shop

Also running Fashion Scout Louis Franck Party at Bibique Bar and a lecture as well as mentoring programme by Director and Co-Founder Martyn Roberts. 

View the full schedule here on Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Day's website. 

By Cass Gowing, Editor. 

ANNOUNCEMENT: Fashion Scout Kiev

We are thrilled to announce our continuing partnership with Mercedes-Benz Kiev Fashion Days has continued and expanded into a Fashion Scout Kiev platform.

Following our partnership with Kiev Fashion Days during our Fashion Scout London FEB'13 showcase, we will now be adding a showcase in Kiev to our international design showcases.

Over the past 14 seasons, Fashion Scout have scouted and presented in London and Paris a whole generation of creative, international talent including  designers David Koma, Peter Pilotto, Felder Felder, Pam Hogg and Eudon Choi. Since our rebrand at the beginning of this year, we have enforced our global audience and international outreach through continuing to present worldwide talent- something that has now expanded further with Fashion Scout Kiev.

We caught up with Fashion Scout Director and Co-Founder Martyn Roberts on the news: "I am thrilled with the further expansion of Fashion Scout and the continued partnership with Kiev Fashion Days through Fashion Scout Kiev. 

Through exhibiting key emerging Ukranian talent at our Fashion Scout London platform, we provided them with the global audience and recognition they deserve. This continued partnership enforces Fashion Scout's global expansion as the key platform for creative talent worldwide and I am proud to add Kiev to our Fashion Scout enterprise."

For more information please visit our website. 

By Cass Gowing, Editor.